NHS England, an arms-length body that oversees £200 billion worth of spending, will be abolished to “put the NHS at the heart of government where it belongs”. For too long, Starmer argued, successive governments — including Labour administrations — had “swept democratic accountability under the carpet”. Starmer made two core arguments for scrapping NHS England. The first was on democratic accountability — ministers, not officials, should be responsible for making decisions about how taxpayers’ money should be spent. • PM abolishes NHS England in reforms — follow liveBut he also made an argument on cost, saying that there was too

India captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir (Pic credit: BCCI)Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. "Rohit Sharma was selfless and did not play a match, but did the other guy come in and score 150 there? How will you replace Rohit Sharma? "Sidhu further emphasised that Rohit Sharma should undoubtedly continue as the captain, especially after leading India to two ICC titles . "Rohit Sharma will be the captain and he only should be the captain.

Why Keir Starmer abolished the £200bn quangoSir Keir Starmer saved his big announcement until last. Answering questions from the audience, Sir Keir Starmer said: “Among the reasons is because of the duplication. We have a communications team in NHS England and the health department of government; we have strategy teams in the health department and NHS England. Quangos at risk as Starmer slims down WhitehallIn his speech Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to slash the cost of regulators, something that could mean many quangos are closed down. PM’s plans for reformSir Keir Starmer will today lay out plans to reform the “flabby” British state which he says is holding back delivery.

The attack, carried out by the Baloch Liberation Army, or B.L.A., unfolded Tuesday afternoon as the Jaffar Express, carrying more than 400 passengers, wound through the province’s rugged and isolated mountains. Gunmen opened fire, forced the train to halt and took hostages. On Wednesday night, Pakistan’s military said that security forces had carried out a rescue operation that secured the hostages’ release and left 33 militants dead. Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, the army’s spokesman, told a local broadcaster, Dunya News, that at least 21 passengers had died in the separatists’ assault on the train. He said that no hostages had been killed in the security forces’ rescue operation.

NHS England will be abolished as a standalone organisation, prime minister Keir Starmer has announced. “NHS staff are working flat out but the current system sets them up to fail. Many senior nurses and midwives currently work for NHS England in various roles. Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, said NHS England staff would be left “reeling” from the news. “Both the prime minister and the health secretary have said that abolishing NHS England will put more money into frontline services,” she said.

THE SUNArsenal want to sign Bruno Guimaraes as part of a stunning triple summer transfer spree under incoming new chief Andrea Berta. Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss the Carabao Cup final for the second successive season, but the Liverpool right-back appears to have avoided a serious injury. Image: Trent Alexander-Arnold looks set to miss Sunday's Carabao Cup finalRasmus Hojlund has been given a vote of confidence from the head coach of the Denmark national team. Manchester United are set to lose a second member of their medical team to a Premier League rival. THE TIMESNewcastle United supporters heading back to Tyneside by train after the Carabao Cup final will be barred from drinking alcohol.

The Curwen Show Dog Training School, based in Harrington, is run by Broughton Moor woman Susan Briant, with classes being attended by show dog owners every week. People come as new beginners and it's lovely to see them develop and go through the shows and to win at a place like Crufts. You will have had to work hard to get a dog to the quality that can win at Crufts." Susan also had personal success with a Hamiltonstövare named Lincoln who won best of breed. Susan said it was 'really nice' to get a win, with Lincoln now honoured as a winner at Crufts.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (AP)What is NHS England? UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that NHS England will be abolished, bringing the National Health Service (NHS) back under direct government control.“I’m bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control, by abolishing the arms-length body NHS England,” Starmer said.In a speech, he explained: "We're going to cut bureaucracy across the state. So if you can believe it, we've got a communications team in NHS England, we've got a communications team in the health department of government. We've got a strategy team in NHS England, a strategy team in the government department. "Also read: NHS England announces large-scale cuts as part of government shake-up Starmer arugued that politicians should oversee the NHS rather than an independent body.

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Every parent has probably felt pressure to buy their child a brightly coloured iced slushie, a creamy frappuccino or an energy drink — and once they succumbed, wondered what on earth was actually in them. This week that became a little clearer when a study from University College Dublin found a link between frozen slushies and glycerol intoxication syndrome, with researchers highlighting that 21 children in the UK and Ireland have been admitted unconscious to A&E in the past six years after drinking them. Most of the children had fallen ill within an hour of drinking a slushie and all made a quick recovery. This report follows research from Cancer Research UK that found children aged between 11 and 18 drink the equivalent of

But one respondent to Press Gazette’s recent survey on this issue said: “Oh my god I hate hybrid working. Hybrid working: office or agile, home or hubNews UK has a minimum requirement of three days in the office across The Sun and The Times. There has been some gradual change towards more office work in the past three years but about half (49%) of Reach staff are classed as predominantly remote workers. Just under a third (30%) of Reach staff are hybrid, and 21% are hub-based (although this percentage includes those working at printing facilities). Hybrid working is ultimately a trade off between the effective running of the business which would favour more time together in person, and personal flexibility which is critical to attract and retain talent."

Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, The number of sites remaining undeveloped after the grant of planning permission is indeed a concern (letters, Mar 12). Many appear to be owned by speculators with no intention, or ability, to build. Merely owning a site with a valuable permission usually guarantees profitability as it benefits from the general increase in land values owing to scarcity and the prospect of relaxed planning controls, driven by the desperate need for more housing, built to ever-higher densities. There is also the chance of obtaining permission for something incrementally “bigger and better” in the future with new applications. A step in the right direction to halt this impasse would be for limits on expiry dates to be tighter and an end

| Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesHer government was also more than happy to look into civil servants dubbed “subversives” and block their promotion. National Archives papers released years later show that 1,420 civil servants in Whitehall were monitored by spy agency MI5 and told to be kept away from computers and revenue collection rules amid fears about communist influence. Labour Prime Minister Blair spoke of “the scars on my back” from trying to reform and modernize the public sector. Gordon BrownBlair’s successor was a creature of the Treasury, serving as chancellor for a decade (and axing civil service jobs while he was at it) before taking the top post he coveted. Just months before the 2010 election, Brown — still dealing with the fallout of the global financial crisis and aiming to look tough on spending — slapped a pay freeze on the public sector, in a move described as “simply untenable” by the senior civil service union.

PRIVATE PALACE George, Charlotte & Louis ‘won’t appear in public more than 4 times this year’, claims expert – after selfie went viralEVERY time Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis step out in public, they always steal the show. Sadly for royal fans, an expert has claimed that we may only see Prince William and Princess Kate’s children four times this year. The royal biographer then predicted we could see the kids at Princess Kate’s Together at Christmas carol concert in December. This included Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince George, 11, being seen at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert in London. Princess Charlotte also attended Wimbledon alongside mum Princess Kate, and Prince George has accompanied Prince William to football games.

Edward Despard, who served in the British army, eventually becoming an administrator in the Caribbean before being ousted for his egalitarian distribution of landOn this week in 1798, Irish-born army officer Edward Marcus Despard was arrested at his home in Soho on suspicion of conspiracy of treason. The London Times reported that the arrest took place while Despard was in bed with a “black woman”. But how was it that an officer from a distinguished military family who had served with distinction in the British Army came to be publicly executed as a revolutionary? READ MOREBorn in 1751 in Coolrain in Queen’s County (as Co Laois was named at the time), Despard was educated at the Quaker school in Ballitore, Co Kildare, before joining the British army. The Despards never returned to the Caribbean; the Baysmen had successfully lobbied the British government to protect their interests.